Freezing rain in Hunterdon making roads, sidewalks slippery

Watch out for slippery roads this morning. Light rain started to fall around 9:30 a.m. in the central part of the county, and with the ground so cold the water would freeze on contract.

The National Weather Service extended the Freezing Rain Advisory it issued earlier to noon. Freezing rain will continue for another hour or two before temperatures rise above 32, NWS said. Municipal roads, which generally aren’t salted as heavily as county- and state-owned roads, still have icy patches from the recent storms.

It was just 30 in Pittstown at 10 a.m. and 31 in Baptistown, according to the New Jersey Weather & Climate Network. Other parts of the Garden State reported temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s by that hour.

Most of the rain should be over by 2 p.m. in the Flemington area, where temperatures are likely to be well into the 30s by then, NWS said.